Supertraining

The below research notes that vibration is without a doubt
an interesting intervention; however, more needs to be done to
understand the physiological mechanisms involved in the adaptive
responses to vibration exercise.

Vibration Training in Elite Sport: Effective Training Solution or
Just Another Fad?

IJSPP, 3(2), June 2008, Copyright © 2008

Marco Cardinale, Julie A. Erskine
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Abstract
The use of vibration as a training intervention has been suggested
for more than a decade. Following the initial promising studies, a
large number of investigations have been conducted to understand the
acute and chronic effects of this novel training modality mainly
using special populations, sedentary, physically active, and aged
individuals. There is a small number of studies involving athletes.
For this reason it is at the moment very difficult to provide safe
and effective training guidelines to athletes. We discuss the current
findings related to the effectiveness on elite athletes and provide
some guidance on practical applications. Vibration is without a doubt
an interesting intervention; however, more needs to be done to
understand the physiological mechanisms involved in the adaptive
responses to vibration exercise. Furthermore, more studies are needed
to establish a dose-response relationship to vibration training to
provide indications on safe and effective vibration training
prescriptions.

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Jamie Carruthers
Wakefield, UK